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GARPENTERS VISE.

No. 264,868; Patented Sept. 26 1882.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS FALES, OF DENVER, COLORADO- CARPENTERS VISE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,868, dated September 26, 1882, V

1 Application filed April 22, 1882.

Be it known that I, AMOS FALES, of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented an Improved Carpenters Vise; and I do hereby declare that the followin g is a full and exact description there of, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification-.-

Figure 1 being a side view of the vise as attached to a work-bench; Fig. 2, a top view of the movable section or part thereof; Fig. 3, a

bottom view of the stationary section or part thereof; Fig. 4, a rear view of the stationary or fixed section; Fig. 5, a rear view of the sliding section; Fig. 6, a central vertical section of the whole vise in a plane at right angles to the clamping-faces of the two jaws, showing also how it is attached to a bench; Fig. 7, a view of the vise, showing a different mode of attaching it to and arranging it in connection with abench; Figs. 8 and 9, detail views, showing an attachment to the vise; Fig. 10, a vertical section in the line! as, Fig. 2; Fig. 11, a vertical section in theliney 3 Fig. 1; Fig. 12 a vertical section through the stationary jaw, showing also an extension-jaw attached thereto, as represented also in'Fig. 8.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

The construction of this vise and the several features of this invention will be specifically described.

The body of the vise is composed of two parts or sections, the fixed or bench section A hearing one jaw, a, of the vise, and the movable or sliding section B bearing the otherjaw, b, of the vise. These sections are preferably made of cast-iron for quickness and cheapness.

of manufacture. Each section has an extended horizontal arm or bar at right angles to the faces of the jaws, respectively, the arm a of the fixed section having a nearly flat form horizontally to fit under the top of the bench O, to which it is attached by screws 6 e, and the arm (1 of the sliding section having preferably the form of a segment of a cylinder, with its concave surface uppermost to fit under the arm 0 of the fixed section at its edges, and to inclose between the two the clam pin g-screw D. The upper edges, ff, of the arm d may run in make the position as required.

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shallow grooves g g in the under side of the arm 0, and there may be also alongitudinal projection, h, on the bottom of the arm d to run in a notch-guide, i, of a band or loop, E, which is secured at its ends to the arm 0, and embraces and supports thereby the arm d. Both of the arms a and 01 may be made with openings, as indicated, to render them light. The arm (1 of the sliding section also passes through and' slides in an aperture, 7c, of corresponding form through the head of the fixed section A. This section also has a recess or socket, l, to receive and hold the movable nut G of the screw D. This nut is preferably made ofbrass, the screw and the strap or band E of wrought-iron, and the screw-handle m, for lightness, of a piece of gas-pipe, with wooden plugs or knobs n n in the ends thereof.

This vise is most generally to be attached to i the under side of the bench-top O, as shown in Fig. 6, the upper edges of the jaws a and Z) coming up flush with the top of the bench; and if the-beuch-top is not of the exact thickness to allow this the arm 0 of the fixed section is let into the lower side of the bench-top far enough to efiect this; or, it" the bench-top is too thin, a filling-strip is placed between the said arm 0 and the under side of the same to In this position the sections of the vise have holes or socketsp p, as wellas in thctop of the bench, to hold pins to abut the work againstin planing, 850.

Another mode of applying the vise is indicated in Fig. 7, it being turned a quarter of a circle, and the fixed section screwed to the end of the bench-top, and as the jaws a b are wider than deep their edges, in this position, will project above the bench, as shown. In other cases the vise may be secured upon the top of the bench, its position being the reverse of that in Fig. 5. The vise is to be used both at the H head and foot of the bench.

In Fig. 8 I have shown removable jaws G G, which are attached to the main jaws of the vise. These extension-jaws are very usefulin some casesas, for instance, when the main jaws a b are flush with the top of the benchand it is desirable at any time to have thejaws temporarily reach above the bench. Fig. 9 shows one of the extension -jaws removed.

Each jaw has two downward projections or tenons s s, which fit accurately into the sockets p 19 of the main jaw, above specified.

For some kinds of work it is desirable to have the faces of the jaw of a softer material than usual. In Fig. 8 I have shown facings t t, which may be of leather or other desired material, and attached to the jaws by screws or other suitable means.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a vise, the combination of the fixed section A, ,pr0vided with an arm, 0, for attaching d, sliding in the head-aperture of the section A, and supported by the loop or band E under the arm 0 thereof, the said movable section also carrying the screw D, which turns in not G, locatedin a socket, l, in the fixed section, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

2. The combination, with the sections A B, of a vise having socket-holespp in theirjaws a I), of the extension-jaws G G, fitting in the said socket-holes, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

AMOS FALES.

Witnesses:

LoUIs TARDER, A. 0. LEwIs. 

